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Roku Warns YouTube TV Customers That Service Could Go Dark Due To Google’s “Monopoly” Moves; “Disappointed” YouTube Says It Is Bargaining In Good Faith – Update

UPDATED with YouTube TV statement. Roku is warning its customers with YouTube TV subscriptions that the service could go dark in the coming days due to what it calls Google’s “predatory” and “monopoly” behavior. In a statement, YouTube TV said it is negotiating “in good faith” with Roku to reach a new deal. “Unfortunately, Roku often engages in these types of tactics in their negotiations,” the statement said. “We’re disappointed that they chose to make baseless… Source link

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Roku may lose YouTube TV app over what it deems ‘anti-competitive’ demands from Google

Roku Inc. warned Monday that users of its streaming products may lose access to the YouTube TV app due to a breakdown in negotiations with Alphabet Inc.’s Google. The maker of streaming devices and software alleges that Alphabet’s GOOG, +0.82% GOOGL, +0.79% Google “is attempting to use its YouTube monopoly position to force Roku ROKU, +1.26% into accepting predatory, anti-competitive and… Source link

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Roku warns of standoff with Google over YouTube TV

GlobeNewswire Hill International Names Michael B. Smith President of the Company’s Americas Region and Promotes New U.S. Leaders PHILADELPHIA, IRVINE, Calif., SEATTLE and MIAMI, April 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today it has promoted Michael Smith to President of the company’s Americas Region. Smith previously served as Hill’s Senior Vice President and Western Regional Manager. In addition, Hill… Source link

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Google Play Movies & TV App Is Getting Dropped From Roku Devices, Smart TVs

Bloomberg Deliveroo to Dimon Stoke Fears About London’s Post-Brexit Future (Bloomberg) — If Deliveroo Holdings Plc’s listing was meant to hang an ‘Open For Business’ sign over the City of London, the opening day crash in the shares jarred somewhat with the message the U.K. had intended to send about post-Brexit Britain.Personally welcomed by Chancellor Rishi Sunak, the food delivery company’s initial public offering should have been a beacon to lure tech firms against competition… Source link

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Google is removing its Play Movies and TV app from every Roku and most smart TVs

The Google Play Movies and TV app will no longer be available on any Roku set-top box or any Samsung, LG, Vizio or Roku smart TV starting July 15th, Google has announced (via 9to5Google). If you have movies or TV shows purchased or rented through the service, you’ll still be able to access them through the “Your movies and shows” section of the YouTube app on those devices. This change will also affect you if if you used the Movies and TV app to access Movies Anywhere, the service… Source link

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The Google Play video app will leave Roku, Vizio, LG and Samsung’s TV platforms

TipRanks The Dip in These 3 Stocks Is a ‘Buying Opportunity,’ Say Analysts The investing game is rarely plain sailing. While no doubt investors would like the choices that make up their portfolio to always go up, the reality is more complicated. There are periods when even shares of the world’s most successful companies have been on a downward trajectory for one reason or another. While it’s no fun watching a stock you own drift to the bottom, any savvy investor knows that if the… Source link

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